Daily devotion – 16th April 2021
“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins.” – 1 John 1:9
Corrie Ten Boom, tells a story of a little girl who broke one of her mother’s demitasse cups. The little girl went to her mother sobbing, “Oh Mama, I am so sorry I broke your beautiful cup.”
The mother replied, “I know you are sorry and I forgive you. Now don’t cry anymore.”
Then the mother swept up all the pieces of the broken cup and placed them in the rubbish bin. But the little girl enjoyed the guilty feeling. She went to the rubbish bin, picked out pieces of the cup, brought them to her mother and cried, “Mother, I am sorry that I broke your pretty cup.”
This time her mother spoke firmly to her, “Take those pieces and put them back into the rubbish bin. Don’t be silly enough to take them out again. I told you I forgave you, so don’t cry any more….”
Don’t keep holding on to your guilt. If you have confessed your sins to Christ, He has forgiven them and taken them away – forever!